1 in 10 employed in Estonia worked part-time in 2017

A little less than 10% of employed people in Estonia worked part-time in 2017, which is twice as less as on average in the European Union, it can be seen from the data published by Eurostat on June 8th, cites LETA/BNS.

While in Estonia the share of employed people who worked part-time was 9.5%
last year, the EU member state with the highest share of people working
part-time was the Netherlands with 49.8%, followed by Austria with 27.9%,
Germany with 26.9% and Denmark with 25.3%. The EU average was 19.4%.

The smallest share of employed people working part-time was in Bulgaria,
where the indicator totaled 2.2%, followed by Hungary with 4.3% and Croatia
with 4.8%. In 10 EU member states the share of employed people working
part-time is smaller than in Estonia.

The share of employed women working part-time was substantially higher than
the share of men -- respectively 31.7% and 8.8%. In Estonia the corresponding
indicators totaled 13.3% and 6%.

Last year 43 million people in the EU aged 15-64 worked part-time last
year.

2019 –Another year of consumption changes: Danish example New Year is a time for various kinds of reflections, assessments and calculations. As soon as the BC’s readers are generally entrepreneurs and decision-makers, let’s see what changes appeared in Denmark during last two decades. That’s going to stimulate business in the Baltics…